How to Increase Your Lifespan and Prevent Early Aging

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8 Habits That Speed Up the Aging Process - Lifespan - Extending Your Mind and Body into the Future More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Carolyn Ross | permalink
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Premature aging is a subject that concerns most of us, given that it affects not just our physical appearance, but also our overall health. Medicine has advanced greatly over the past decades and has allowed us to slow down and, in some respects, even reverse the physical signs of aging. However, we are still aging on the inside, and we cannot do anything to stop this process – all we can do is adjust our lifestyle in order to slow down the effects of aging. Here you will find 8 unhealthy habits that speed up the aging process without you

For further reading: http://www.lifespan.com/8-unhealthy-habits-speed-aging-process/ ^[1]

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Healthy Aging - Increase Your Life Span More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Cole Jaberwalky Core 2 Duo 2g Hz | permalink
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There is little evidence that diet alone determines life expectancy. However, in conjunction with other aspects of a healthy life-style, eating properly can increase your life span by as much as 6 to 10 years. Could you believe that? A good diet...

For further reading: http://tonipet.hubpages.com/hub/Healthy-Aging-What-to-Do ^[2]

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Nutrition Makes Anti-Aging Possible: Secrets of Your Telomeres More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Paul Rowbotham | permalink
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The secrets of anti-aging lie in the health of your cells, where nutrition has the power to repair, rejuvenate, and even extend your lifespan.
Tags: telomere, anti-aging, free radical damage, inflammation, tocotrienol, DHA, vitamin D, curcumin

For further reading: http://www.wellnessresources.com/health/articles/how_nutrition_makes_anti-aging_possible_secrets_of_your_telomeres/ ^[3]

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Add These 12 Anti-Aging Nutrients to Your Diet More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Lennart Blomdahl | permalink
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Ingesting these anti-aging nutrients can help protect your telomeres, and promote your longevity.
Tags: vitamin d, vitamin b12, anti aging, astaxanthin, telomeres, growing younger, key nutrients, grow younger

For further reading: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/09/the-nutrients-most-likely-to-let-you-live-to-be-much-older-than-100.aspx ^[4]

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The aging process and potential interventions to extend life expectancy More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Pravin Gaonkar | permalink
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Aging is commonly defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes occurring in cells and tissues with advancing age that are responsible for the increased risk of disease and death. The major theories of aging are all specific of a particular ...

For further reading: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685272/ ^[5]

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Does how much you eat affect how long you live? More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Anderson Bell | permalink
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Your body needs food to survive. However, the very process of extracting energy from food—metabolizing food—creates stress on your body. Overeating creates even more stress on the body. That’s part of the reason why it can lead to a shorter lifespan and serious health problems common among older people, including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
For further reading: https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/metabolism-does-stress-really-shorten-your-life/does-how-much-you-eat-affect-how ^[6]

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Living Longer More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Blake Hunnel | permalink
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The dramatic increase in average life expectancy during the 20th century ranks as one of society’s greatest achievements. Although most babies born in 1900 did not live past age 50, life expectancy at birth now exceeds 83 years in Japan—the current leader—and is at least 81 years in several other countries. Less developed regions of the world have experienced a steady increase in life expectancy since World War II, although not all regions have shared in these improvements.
For further reading: https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/living-longer ^[7]

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If You Want To Age Gracefully, Don't Eat This More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Trevor Goulding | permalink
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Incorporating these simple guidelines will help set you squarely on the path to optimal health and give you the best shot at living a long, happy life.
Tags: if, you, want, to, age, gracefully,, don't, eat, this, healthy, living

For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/if-you-want-to-age-gracef_b_700335.html ^[8]

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Cole Jaberwalky Core 2 Duo 2g Hz, Trevor Goulding, Anderson Bell, Pravin Gaonkar, Lennart Blomdahl, Carolyn Ross, Blake Hunnel, Paul Rowbotham

References & Citations

1. http://www.lifespan.com/8-unhealthy-habits-speed-aging-process/

2. http://tonipet.hubpages.com/hub/Healthy-Aging-What-to-Do

3. http://www.wellnessresources.com/health/articles/how_nutrition_makes_anti-aging_possible_secrets_of_your_telomeres/

4. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/09/the-nutrients-most-likely-to-let-you-live-to-be-much-older-than-100.aspx

5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2685272/

6. https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/metabolism-does-stress-really-shorten-your-life/does-how-much-you-eat-affect-how

7. https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/publication/global-health-and-aging/living-longer

8. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/if-you-want-to-age-gracef_b_700335.html